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own motion<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A disposition<\/a> made in a pending case by the court, without application made therefor by either party, as where a case is continued without application made therefor, because the judge is needed immediately for the trial of a case of first importance in another division of the court.<\/strong> [1]
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1. A term referring to a disposition<\/a> made by a court or other tribunal during the course of a proceeding, without a party having requested it.\u00a0 USAGE: “Neither the plaintiff nor the defendant requested a continuance; the judge put the case over until January on his own motion.<\/span>“<\/strong><\/span>
\n See sua sponte<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

sua sponte<\/strong><\/span><\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. [Latin “of one’s own accord; voluntarily”] Without prompting or suggestion; on its own motion<\/strong> <the court took notice sua sponte<\/em> that it lacked jurisdiction over the case>.\u00a0 *\u00a0 A multimember court may use the form nostra sponte <\/em><\/strong>[Latin “of our own accord”] to distinguish its collective action from that of a single judge.<\/strong> \u2014 aka sponte sua<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Upon his own responsibility; of his own motion.\u00a0<\/strong> See own motion<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. See own motion<\/em>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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